Wiki While You Work: An Introduction to Wikis in Education

Slides (Quicktime Format)

Opening Questions

• What is a wiki?
• What is the wikipedia?
• What do these things mean for you and your students?

Wikis

• Websites anyone can edit.
• If you can use a word processor, you can use a wiki!
• Visitors can see a history of changes and revert to earlier versions.
• Visitors can discuss the page in a threaded forum.

Educational Wikis

• Collaboratively Authored Class Texts
• Writing Projects
• Group Projects
• Sharing Resources
• Grade Level Teams
• Subject Area Teams
• Professional Development

Examples

• The Wikipedia - http://www.wikipedia.org
• Dave Conlay's Aristotle Experiment - http://aristotle-experiment.wikispaces.com
• Eva Wagner's Houghton-Mifflin Tech Resources Wiki - http://hmtech.wikispaces.com
• Eva Wagner's Technology Integration Projects for Grades K-3 - http://techtips.wikispaces.com
• Dan McDowell's Wiki Resources - http://www.ahistoryteacher.com/necc2006/
• More Workshop Wikis - http://edtechlife.com/workshops/
• More Examples (A wiki about wikis in education!) - http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/

Introductory Activity

• Demo Page

Create Your Own Wiki with Wikispaces.com

• Wikispaces for Teachers: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers/
• Create an Account
• Create a Wiki
• Edit This Page
• Discussion
• History
• Notifications
• Manage Space
• My Account
• Create more wikis!
• Wikispaces Help: http://www.wikispaces.com/help+index

Additional Wiki Resources

• Why Wiki?
• The Infinite Wiki Machine
• Wiki While You Work (Long Video)
• Wikis in Plain English (Short Video)
• See another great workshop about wikis (from CTAP IV): http://www.ctap4.org/infolit/wiki.htm
• Ways to Use Wikis in Education (Wiki in Education) http://www.wikiineducation.com/display/ikiw/Ways+to+use+wiki+in+education
• Current and Potential Uses of Wikis (from North Carolina State University) http://wikis.lib.ncsu.edu/index.php/Current_and_Potential_Uses_of_Wikis_in_the_Teaching_of_Writing
• Wiki Rules and Guidelines (North Carolina State University) http://wikis.lib.ncsu.edu/index.php/Wikitiquette
• Advantages of Wikis (North Carolina State University) http://wikis.lib.ncsu.edu/index.php/Wikis_in_Writing_Education_Research#Advantages_of_Wikis

Please feel free to add more resources. :)

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This wiki and the summer institute were originally developed by:
Mark Wagner, Ph.D.
President, Educational Technology and Life Corporation